Thread: I'm thinking of buying an Android tablet
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Old 10-03-2013, 01:09 PM   #56
Nikola Tesla
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Originally Posted by Dave_S View Post
OK, now you guys have tweaked my curiosity! How did task switching ever come to be called multitasking for Android? Android's Linux kernel has always provided preemptive multitasking for Android since the beginning, has it not?
Yes, at least since Gingerbread.

I think most people call it multitasking because it makes it easier for the user to multitask.
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